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[bardicbramley]

'All Time Favourites' of 2022 - Part 2

July

The Wild Robot - Peter Brown

Illustrated Novel - KS2+ - Family, parenthood, friendship, found family, science and technology, environment, animals, death and grief, bullying, differences.

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Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer-In-Training - Joris Chamblain, illustrated by Aurélie Neyret

Graphic Novel / Comic - KS2+ - Friendship, intergenerational, mystery, adventure, writing, books, family, letter/scrapbook/journal.

September

That's Not My Name - Anoosha Syed

Picturebook - EYFS+ - Activism, cultures, languages, school, empathy, friendship, self acceptance, self empowerment, family, emotions.

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Like A Charm - Elle McNicoll

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - Disability and Neurodivergency (Dyspraxia), family, fantasy, magic, folklore, Scotland, school, bullying, self acceptance, self empowerment.

The Secret Sunshine Project - Benjamin Dean

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - LGBT, family, bullying, intergenerational, death and grief, activism, art and music, emotions, self acceptance.

October

Paws - Kate Foster

Novel - KS2+ - Disability and Neurodivergency (Autism), friendship, family, dogs, slice of life, school, Australia, self acceptance, bullying.

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Roar of the Beast - Chad Sell

Graphic Novel - KS2+ - LGBT, friendship, family, mystery, dark, adventure, imagination, superheroes, halloween, bullying, emotions.

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How To Be More Hedgehog - Anne-Marie Conway

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - Disability and Neurodivergency (Speech difficulty, Stammer), bullying, self acceptance, family, friendships, environment, activism.

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My Shadow is Pink - Scott Stuart

Picturebook - EYFS+ - LGBT (Transgender), gender roles, family, bullying, differences, mental health and emotions.

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Arthur and the Golden Rope / Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx / Leo and the Gorgon's Curse - Joe Todd-Stanton

Graphic Novels - KS2+ - Historical, mythology, folklore, fantasy, adventure, mystery, family, emotions.

November

Love Your Body - Jessica Sanders, illustrated by Carol Rossetti

Nonfiction - KS2+ - Growing up, body positivity, self acceptance, differences, science and development, empathy, girl power.

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Life Size - Sophy Henn

Nonfiction - KS1+ - Animals, interactive, facts, science, environment.

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Me and My Dysphoria Monster - Laura Kate Dale, illustrated by Ang Hui Qing

Picturebook - KS1+ - LGBT (Transgender), self acceptance, mental health and emotions, family, friendships.

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Timid - Harry Woodgate

Picturebook - KS1+ - LGBT (Nonbinary), anxiety, emotions, friendship, school, self empowerment.

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We Want Our Books - Jake Alexander

Picturebook - KS1+ - Activism, community, family, libraries, books, self empowerment.

December

When I see Blue - Lily Bailey

Novel - UKS2 / KS3 cusp - Disability and Neurodivergency (OCD), family, friendship, bullying, school, slice of life, divorce, mental health and emotions, pop culture, positive masculinity.

[ashmackenzie]

I had the pleasure of doing the cover and some b+w interior illustrations for The 66th Rebirth of Frankie Caridi by Johnny Marciano which was just released last week! I had a lot of fun with the swirling effect on this wraparound and a chance to get entirely carried away with a palette of greens.

Many thanks to AD Jay Emmanuel for bringing me on for this one!

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[words-and-coffee]

The sky had never seemed so sky, the world had never seemed so world.

Neil Gaiman, Coraline

[margueritesauvage]

Quick sketch illustration

[christinedepizza]

Dealing with Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede (1990)

[chriscyr]

Today, The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor releases. I’m so grateful to have been a part of this magical story and to bring the cover and interior illustrations to life. Aubrey Hartman wrote a story that I would have voraciously consumed as a child, and this really felt like rewarding my inner kid. Do you like old world magic? Mystery in the pacific northwest? Deals so good they may break reality?

[clonerightsagenda]

Continuing with HDM season 2!

Episode 5:

She put a seatbelt on her monkey... please Mrs. Coulter give him a little vest like the stylish yet illegal IKEA monkey.

Taking a few swipes at capitalism lmao. Yes money is our church here.

Someone please get Will some ibuprofen. This kid is going through a double amputation on no pain meds.

Boreal left cool steampunk England and painted his new house realtor gray. He doesn't deserve his wealth

Interuniverse artifact smuggling, guess that's one way to make a quick buck

Is it me or are the gateways a bit yonic

Mary is department chair?? Good for her but also no wonder she's so tired. Mrs. C was clearly impressed by that.

It's time for an alternate universe makeover scene! She should hold up various outfits while the golden monkey nods or shakes his head. Loved her pinching the jeans and holding them up like they were a biohazard.

She ditched her daemon again and claims it's about self-control. Guess we're going with the 'more people who are alienated from themselves can separate' sequel lore.

Ouch re: Mary asking about her doctorate and publications and Mrs. Coulter BSOD'ing realizing she could have been so much more in a world with slightly less structural misogyny. FOMO moment.

Mary attempting to google her, haha

The Shadows didn't tell Mary to smash up her computer! Guess she won't be wanted by the police in the TV version. That makes her postcanon life a little easier. Also she has a really nice house for a professor in a struggling department.

Everyone keeps fucking with Boreal's statues. I almost feel bad for him.

Episode 6:

Brief hint of the angels protecting Mary! Makes sense, it's never clear how she's defended from specters. Also lol at Mary's reaction to Angelica going "we tried to kill Lyra". The show's portraying her a little more sympathetically, especially as the mob violence scene was a lot shorter.

I would be very uncomfortable with a bunch of strange women doing interpretive dance over me. Sorry the healing spell is so much weirder in the tv version Will.

Pan is leaning against his shoulder! Guess it's ok because he's wearing a shirt.

Mrs. Coulter seeing someone who got their soul devoured: I could use this

Love Lord Boreal quietly shutting the door and hiding while she confronts the specters

"If we die, we're of no help" want to bet, two characters who will show up as helpful ghosts later

So we're tying Mrs. Coulter's power over the specters to her separation ability/ability to suppress parts of herself. I guess that's also the angle we'll be taking when she cons Metatron. Yes I accidentally typed angel instead of angle at first. Then I did it again.

Getting poisoned sucks, Boreal, but look at it this way. She could've sicced the specters on you. This way is kinder.

John Parry can psychically command birds. Why? IDK man he just can. Don't worry about it.

[drcarmel]

The Young Wizard - The Visitor (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1462977829-the-young-wizard-the-visitor?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DRCarmel There is a young wizard who doesn't know he is a wizard. When summoned by the sister of the fairy queen to help the fairies keep their kingdom safe by helping them guard the sigil stone, which acts as a magical barrier that protects the realm of the fairies from their foes the goblins, Josh is chosen to study with the keeper of sigil stone and guard it from being stolen. If stolen the stone can shattered to release powerful spells that can be used to resurrect the dead and summon demons from the underworld!

[anathriveline]

Les clans du ciel - La quête d'Ellie (Skyborn 1 - Sparrow Rising) Jessica Khoury Jeunesse, Bayard, 2024

Ellie rêve de rejoindre la garde royale des Ailes d’Or, qui protège la population des attaques de gargouilles, les monstres tapis derrière les nuages. Mais c’est une mission réservée aux castes supérieures de Faucons ou d’Éperviers, et Ellie est née Moineau. Résolue à participer malgré tout à la course de sélection des gardes, Ellie s’échappe de son orphelinat. Elle croise alors le chemin de Nox, un jeune Corbeau. Il l’entraîne malgré elle dans une aventure périlleuse, qui va bouleverser le destin d’Ellie et sa vision du monde… Une trilogie de fantasy haletante L’autrice, Jessica Khoury, nous entraîne dans une aventure sans temps morts, portée par des personnages attachants en quête de vérité, dans un univers aussi original qu’accessible pour des lecteurs à partir de 10 ans. De nombreux coups de cœur libraires et des lecteurs enthousiastes. 4,5/5 sur Babelio. « Alerte, nouvelle série palpitante et captivante ! » Science et Vie Découvertes

[isleofelsi]

R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground - Page 63

[dick-helmet-magneto]

I’m reading this series and there’s two mentors in it that remind me of Charles and Erik. They’re constantly fighting and arguing with each other debating on who is doing best with their apprentices.

One of them just said “As always your maturity makes a great example for your students.” Sarcastically and if that isn’t Charles to Erik about the brotherhood when Erik’s about to do something stupid

[spongey445]

A Look at Goosebumps Slappyworld (Part 2)

A Look at Goosebumps SlappyWorld (Part 1) Hello, Spongey here. It’s time to finally end a saga. By that, I mean another Goosebumps series. In Part 1, I lined up what we’re doing here so you can visit that to hear all about SlappyWorld. Basically, it’s the follow up to Most Wanted where Slappy gets more stories because he sure needed more. At the time I didn’t know when the series end, but soon…

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[words-and-coffee]

This is my secret. It’s very simple. You only see clearly with your heart. The most important things are invisible to the eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

[lgbtqreads]

Can’t wait to find out all about 2023’s LGBTQ+ Middle Grade selection? Good news - you don’t have to! Today on the site we’re featuring our most anticipated titles in MG releasing from January-June 2023! #LGBTQReads #MG #MiddleGrade #Bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CmEkc7ALxxT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=